Pokemon Special

Pokemon Special
ポケットモンスターSPECIAL (Pocket Monster Special)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Hidenori Kusaka
Illustrated by	Mato, Satoshi Yamamoto
Published by	Shougakukan
Demographic	Shounen
Magazine	Shougaku Sannensei (2005 - 2009), Shougaku Yonensei (1997 - 2012), Shougaku Gonensei (1997 - 2010), Shougaku Rokunensei (1997 - 2005, 2009 - 2010), Pokemon Wonderland (vol. 9 - vol. 10), Pokemon Fan (vol. 12 - ongoing), Corocoro Ichiban (new issue 4 - ongoing)
Original run	1997 – ongoing
Volumes	39
Scanlation Information
Status	Waiting for volume 40; waiting for BW raws
Progress	Volumes 33-39 and 18 chapters of BW translated
Next Publication Date	CCI: January 25, 2012 PF: March 3, 2012 Volume 40: May 28, 2012

Pokemon Special is a manga adaptation of the pokemon games, and not the anime. It has several arcs, with different protagonists with each arc, with the main protagonists are based on the game characters, and NOT the anime characters.

From Bulbapedia:
Creator of Pokémon Satoshi Tajiri is quoted recommending this on volume 1:
僕が伝えたかった世界に最もちかいまんがです
"This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey."

Contents 1 Downloads (Volumes) 2 Downloads (BW Chapters) 3 Translation Style 4 External links

Downloads (Volumes)

Saga	Volumes	Chapters	Release		Raw
			Chuang Yi	DGS
RGBY	1	1-14
	2	15-27
	3	28-40
	4	41-52
	5	53-65
	6	66-78
	7	79-90
GSC	8	91-103
				PSRP
	9	104-116
	10	117-129
	11	130-142
	12	142-154
	13	155-166
	14	167-179
	15	180-190
RS
			Chuang Yi
	16	191-201
	17	202-214
	18	215-226
	19	227-238
	20	239-249
	21	250-259
	22	260-269
FRLG
	23	270-279
	24	280-287
	25	288-298
	26	299-308
E
	27	309-317
	28	318-327
	29	328-337
DP	30	338-346
	31	347-355
	32	356-364
			/a/nonymous scanlations
			2400p	1200p
	33	365-374
	34	375-384	N/A
	35	385-394	N/A
	36	395-404
	37	405-412
	38	413-422
Pt
	39	423-430

Downloads (BW Chapters)

Chapter Number		Magazine	Issue	2400p	1200p	PSD source	Raw
Release	Real
1	?	Shougaku Yonensei	2010-12
2	?		2011-01
3	?		2011-02
4	?		2011-03
5	?		2011-04
6	?		2011-05
7	?		2011-06
8	?		2011-07
9	?		2011-08
10	?		2011-09
11	?		2011-10
12	?		2011-11
13	?		2011-12
14	?		2012-01
15	?		2012-02
16	?		2012-02
17	?	Pokemon Fan	vol 20
18	?	CoroCoro Ichiban!	2012-02

Translation Style

• Honorifics: no
• Name Order: Western

External links

• Manga-Updates
• MyAnimeList
• Pokémon Special Gallery